A man turns his back on a life of darkness when God reveals Himself as the one true source of fulfillment. Plus, CBN News sits down with former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to discuss her perspective of God and country on today’s 700 Club.
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TODAY ON THE SEVENTH O'CLOCK
HOME, WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING WITH
US.
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S CHALLENGE.
MAKE MY DAY PAL.
AND THEN DONALD TRUMP'S
RESPONSE GET READY TO RUMBLE.
WELL, THIS ISN'T THE WWE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
NATIONAL TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE.
THE TOP TWO CONTENDERS ARE
NOW SET TO MAKE HISTORY WITH
THE EARLIEST PRESIDENTIAL EVER
AND THEY COME WITH A FEW
STRINGS ATTACHED AS.
CHARLENE ERIN REPORTS THE
FIRST DEBATE BETWEEN PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS SET FOR JUNE 27TH ON
CNN WITH A SECOND TO FOLLOW ON
ABC IN SEPTEMBER.
THEIR EARLIEST GENERAL ELECTION
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES IN U.S.
HISTORY.
TRUMP HAS BEEN CHALLENGING
BIDEN FOR MONTHS TRYING TO GET
HIM TO DEBATE.
THE PRESIDENT RESPONDING
WEDNESDAY.
DONALD TRUMP LOST TWO DEBATES
TO ME IN 2020.
SINCE THEN HE HADN'T SHOWN UP
FOR DEBATE.
NOW HE'S ACTING LIKE HE WANTS
TO DEBATE ME AGAIN OR MAKE MY
DAY PAL.
I'LL EVEN DO IT TWICE.
TRUMP RESPONDING ON SOCIAL
MEDIA TELL ME WHEN I'LL BE
THERE.
LET'S GET READY TO.
THE DEBATES WILL BE TELEVISED
BUT INCLUDE DEPARTURES
TRADITIONAL FORMATS LIKE NO
LIVE AUDIENCE LIMITED OUTLETS
AND MUTING A CANDIDATE'S MIC
AFTER SPEAKING.
THE FIRST DEBATE IN JUNE COMES
BEFORE EITHER CANDIDATE IS
OFFICIALLY NOMINATED BY THEIR
PARTY.
EARLY VOTING IS NOW SO
ALMOST HALF THE COUNTRY IS
VOTING BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND
THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT THE
DEBATES IF THEY'RE BACK LOADED
IN OCTOBER ARE MISSING TENS OF
MILLIONS OF WHO MIGHT BE MAKING
UP THEIR MIND.
ON CBS FACE THE NATION,
NATHAN GONZALES, EDITOR AND
PUBLISHER OF INSIDE ELECTIONS,
SAID THE HAGGLING OVER DETAILS
MIGHT DERAIL THESE DEBATES.
I'M A LITTLE SKEPTICAL THAT
IT'S ALL A DONE DEAL, RIGHT?
IT'S JUST ALL SEEMS A LITTLE
BIT TOO EASY.
HE ALSO SHARED EXPECTATIONS
INTO THE CONTESTS FROM THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO IS TO
DEBATE SOMEONE WHO THEY THINK
IS IS NOT UP FOR THE JOB AND
PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO DEBATE OR
HOLD THE JOB OF PRESIDENT AND
FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN THAT
YOU SEE AN OPPORTUNITY THEY
WILL SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
THAT HE IS UP FOR THE JOB.
SHARLENE AARON CBN
NEWS WHILE IT'S LIKELY TO GET
HUGE RATINGS BUT THE SAME TIME
IS THIS HOW OUR OUR NATIONAL
POLICY IS GOING TO BE DECIDED
WITH TWO PEOPLE TRYING TO SORT
OF OUTGUN EACH OTHER AND MY DAY
PAL LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE.
WHAT WE NEED A REAL EARNEST
DEBATE ABOUT POLICIES GOING
FORWARD SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN
CHOOSE NOT BASED ON WHICH
CANDIDATE THEY THINK HAS MORE
TESTOSTERONE BUT WHICH
CANDIDATE IS BEST TO RUN THE
COUNTRY.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS ELECTION
IT'S IT'S IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
UNUSUAL ONES MY LIFETIME AND I
KEEP GOING BACK TO THE FAMOUS
FROM JON STEWART, THE COMEDIAN
WHO DOES A COMEDY NEWS SHOW.
AND IN IT HE SAID THIS IS
ANTIQUE ROADSHOW.
ARE EITHER CANDIDATE UP FOR
THE TASK OF LEADING THE COUNTRY
FOR FOUR YEARS AND AND YOU AND
I GET TO DECIDE BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT SEEMS LIKE
THEY'RE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN.
WELL, IN OTHER NEWS, RENEWED
FIGHTING IN GAZA IS FUELING A
DISPUTE WITHIN ISRAEL'S WAR
CABINET.
TERRY LANE HAS THAT STORY
AND MORE FROM THE CBN NEWSROOM
.
GARY GORDON THE IDF IS
FIGHTING HAMAS IN AREAS OF GAZA
THAT HAD CLEARED OUT MONTHS
AGO.
IT'S A TERROR GROUP REFORMS.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU IS SPARRING WITH HIS
DEFENSE MINISTER OVER THE
FUTURE OF GAZA.
CBN MIDDLE EAST
CORRESPONDENT JULIE STALL HAS
MORE AS THE FIGHTING
INTENSIFIES IN CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN GAZA.
A FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT NEAR
JABALYA REFUGEE CAMP LEFT FIVE
ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND SEVEN MORE
WOUNDED.
THE RENEWED FIGHTING AS HAMAS
REGROUPS IN AREAS ONCE CLEARED
BY THE IDF IS FUELING INTERNAL
DISAGREEMENTS OVER RULING GAZA.
AFTER THE WAR IS OVER, ISRAEL'S
DEFENSE MINISTER IS BLAMING
NETANYAHU BECAUSE HE HASN'T
HELPED OTHER GAZANS TAKE
CONTROL.
I ON PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU TO MAKE A DECISION
AND DECLARE THAT ISRAEL WILL
NOT RULE OVER CIVILIAN AFFAIRS
IN GAZA.
THERE WON'T ISRAELI MILITARY
RULE IN GAZA AND AN ALTERNATIVE
LEADERSHIP HAMAS IN THE GAZA
STRIP WILL BE ADVANCED
IMMEDIATELY.
NETANYAHU NO PALESTINIAN
LEADERS WILL STEP UP TO GOVERN
UNTIL.
HAMAS IS WIPED OUT UNTIL IT
IS CLEAR THAT HAMAS DOES NOT
GAZA MILITARILY.
NO PARTY WILL BE WILLING TO
TAKE OVER THE CIVILIAN
MANAGEMENT OF GAZA FOR FEAR OF
ITS SAFETY.
THEREFORE THEY TALK ABOUT THE
DAY AFTER WHEN HAMAS REMAINS
INTACT.
WILL REMAIN JUST TALK EMPTY OF
CONTENT.
THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
AGAIN DEMANDED COME UP WITH A
DAY AFTER PLAN.
THE U.S. IS PUSHING FOR A TWO
STATE SOLUTION WITH THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY IN CHARGE
.
BUT NETANYAHU SAYS THE P.A. IS
UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IT
SUPPORTS FUNDS AND EDUCATES FOR
TERROR.
THE NON HAMAS CIVILIAN
ADMINISTRATION WITHIN MILITARY
RESPONSIBILITY OVERALL MILITARY
RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT
WOULD WORK.
AND BUT THERE'S
ONE PRECONDITION.
YOU KNOW, THE DAY AFTER HAMAS
IS THE DAY AFTER HAMAS, THE DAY
AFTER HAMAS IS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
MEANWHILE, THE INTERNATIONAL OF
JUSTICE BEGINS HEARINGS TODAY
ON SOUTH AFRICA'S REQUEST TO
STOP ISRAEL'S OFFENSIVE AGAINST
HAMAS BATTALIONS IN RAFAH.
EGYPT, THE FIRST ARAB COUNTRY
TO SIGN A PEACE TREATY WITH.
ISRAEL IS NOW JOINING THAT
EFFORT.
JULIE STALL CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
AND HERE AT HOME PARTS OF
THE SOUTH ARE BRACING FOR MORE
HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND TOMORROW
RAISING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS
FLOODING.
SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY SEEN TO
30 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN RECENT
WEEKS.
IT'S BEEN A RECORD YEAR OF
RAINFALL ON THE GULF COAST.
SEVERAL STATES HAVE RECORDED
MORE THAN HALF A FOOT MORE THAN
TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
2024 IS ALSO BRINGING MORE
TORNADOES THAN USUAL.
APPROXIMATELY 700 PRELIMINARY
TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED
THROUGH MAY AND THAT'S WELL
ABOVE THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE OF
549.
WELL, YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY
HEARD THE WHINEY BUZZING SOUND
ALL AROUND YOU IN PARTS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
CICADAS ARE EMERGING FROM THEIR
17 YEAR WAIT UNDERGROUND.
THEY'RE MAKING THEIR PRESENCE
KNOWN.
CBN CORRESPONDENT PAUL PETITE
TAKES US INSIDE THE WORLD OF
THIS NOISY INSECT.
HE TELLS US WHY THIS YEAR'S IS
A HISTORIC EVENT.
YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE THEM BUT
YOU CERTAINLY HEAR THEM.
WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE BILLIONS OF
INSECTS KNOWN AS CICADAS
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
PERIODICAL CICADAS.
THEY ONLY COME OUT PERIODICALLY
EVERY 13 OR 17 YEARS DEPENDING
ON WHAT BROODS YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
17 STATES FROM NORTH
LOUISIANA UP THROUGH ILLINOIS
AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST
WILL EXPERIENCE WHAT SOME ARE
CALLING CICADA GET AN
ENTOMOLOGIST EXPECT THE
HARMLESS BUT NOISY INSECTS TO
EMERGE FROM THE GROUND TO FEED
AND MATE DURING MAY AND JUNE
WHEN SOIL TEMPERATURES HIT
ABOUT 64 DEGREES SIX INCHES
DOWN ON THE YEAR OF AN
EMERGENCE.
THAT'S WHEN THEY ALL KNOW
THAT'S THEIR CUE TO START
COMING OUT OF THE GROUND.
2024 WILL WELCOME TWO BROODS
OF CICADAS CLASSIFIED AS 19 AND
13 STAR IN NORTHERN STATES WILL
SEE BOTH PUSHING THE TOTAL
CICADA POPULATION INTO THE
TRILLIONS.
SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED
SINCE 1803.
THERE ARE A FEW OVERLAPPING
COUNTIES THERE IN ILLINOIS,
IOWA, INDIANA WHERE MAY SEE
BOTH OF THOSE EMERGENCES COMING
OUT AT ONCE.
AND YOU MAY HAVE TWICE AS MANY
PERIODICAL CICADAS.
AND WHEN IT COMES THE NOISE
LEVEL OF CICADAS, THIS WILL
GIVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
YEAH AND FULL THROTTLE COULD
ACTUALLY BE TEN DECIBELS LOUDER
THAN A POLICE SIREN.
IN FACT, ONE SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OFFICIALS HAD TO TELL
RESIDENTS TO STOP CALLING 911
REPORTING THAT ALARMS WERE
GOING.
MALES ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT
MAKE THE NOISE AND THEY INTO
CALLING AREAS THEY WANT TO ALL
BE AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE TO DRAW
IN THOSE LADIES FROM AS FAR OUT
AS THEY CAN.
FOR MORE INSIGHT THIS RARE
OCCURRENCE WE TURN TO THE
AUTHOR OF GOD AND THE WORLD
INSECTS A PERCEIVED CONFLICT
BETWEEN SCIENCE THE BIBLE WITH
SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANTED TO
HELP BRIDGE THE GAP
PARTICULARLY IN MY FIELD IN
ENTOMOLOGY.
JOSHUA SHUMAKER,
ENTOMOLOGIST AND BIBLICAL
SCHOLAR, ENJOYS WHAT THE TWO
FIELDS INTERSECT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE
COVENANT GOD MADE WITH NOAH AND
IN THAT COVENANT HE SAYS MAKING
IT WITH NOAH BUT IT SAYS HE'S
ALSO MAKING IT WITH ALL THE
CREATURES OF THE EARTH.
AND SO TO ME WHEN I LOOK AT
THAT PASSAGE IT ME THAT THE
INSECTS ARE ALSO THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO GOD.
CICADAS ARE OFTEN REFERRED
TO AS LOCUSTS.
.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT
SPECIES.
SOME OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
LIKEN THE NOISE CICADAS MAKE TO
A SOUND OF LIBERATION MUCH LIKE
THE SOUND FROM MARION'S
TAMBOURINE AS SHE LED THE
HEBREW WOMEN IN WORSHIP AFTER
CROSSING THE RED SEA.
HERE WE HAVE CICADAS.
THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN TRAPPED
17 YEARS.
YOU KNOW THEY WERE IN THEIR OWN
EGYPT.
THEY WERE IN THEIR OWN EXILE.
THEY WERE UNDER THE GROUND.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IN THESE
TUNNELS, YOU KNOW, HELD HOSTAGE
BY THE GROUND AND WHEN THEY
COME OUT DON'T LOOK AT IT THAT
THEY ARE MAKING YOUR LIFE
MISERABLE LOOKING.
THEY ARE SINGING TO YOU.
THERE'S A MESSAGE THERE'S A
THERE'S A THERE'S A LIBERATION.
RABBI APPS ON RIGHTS FOR THE
AMERICAN ISRAELITE JEWISH IN
CINCINNATI HAS MONTHLY COLUMN
IS TITLED THE LESSONS FOR LIFE
FROM LIFE.
HE BELIEVES EVERYTHING WE
SEE AND HEAR AS ORDAINED FROM
GOD FOR A PURPOSE EVEN THE
NOISE SINGING FROM A CICADA.
AND THAT'S REALLY HOW WE
HAVE TO LIVE OUR LIVES.
WE HAVE TO BE SINGING PRAISES.
PAUL PETITE CBN NEWS.
TERRY INSECT ALLERGISTS SAY
THAT CICADAS ARE HIGH IN
PROTEIN HIGHER THAN EGGS AND
PORK.
YOU READY FOR A SNACK.
YOU GO AHEAD, GARY.
HUNDRED CLUB STAY CONNECTED
WITH CBN NEWS ALL DAY ACROSS
OUR PLATFORMS.
FORMER CONGRESS TULSI
GABBARD SAYS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY
HAS LEFT GOD BEHIND.
ONCE A DEMOCRAT HERSELF SHE IS
NOW BEING TALKED ABOUT AS A
POTENTIAL VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP.
RECENTLY SHE SPOKE WITH DAVID
BRODY WHY SHE NO LONGER
RECOGNIZES THE PARTY SHE ONCE.
TULSI GABBARD FEELS LIKE A
WOMAN LIBERATED FREE A PARTY
SHE LEFT NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO
AND NO LONGER.
THANK YOU.
DURING OUR CONVERSATION SHE
SPOKE HER MIND SOMETHING THAT
DOESN'T OFTEN GO OVER WELL
CERTAIN WASHINGTON CIRCLES.
YOU'RE A FREETHINKER.
YES.
THE ESTABLISHMENT DOES NOT LIKE
FREE THINKERS AND A FREE
THINKING SOCIETY.
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, MY
TIME INVOLVED IN NATIONAL
POLITICS ESPECIALLY INDEPENDENT
MINDED COMMON SENSE MINDED
PEOPLE, INDEPENDENT FREE
THINKERS ARE NOT WELCOME IN
WASHINGTON.
THAT THEME PLAYED OUT IN HER
NEW BOOK FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY
LEAVE THE DEMOCRAT BEHIND.
SHE SAYS THE ELITES ARE A
DIRECT TO OUR CONSTITUTION.
THAT ABUSE OF POWER THAT
WE'RE SEEING COMING FROM THE
DEMOCRAT ELITE RIGHT NOW AND
INCREASINGLY SO IN INCREASINGLY
BRAZEN WAYS IS A DIRECT TO OUR
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OUR
DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW.
ENTER DONALD TRUMP.
THE LEFT IS SAYING HE'S A
THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND IS ALSO
SAYING THAT HE'S READY TO JAIL.
HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS AT THE
TIME THE BIDEN DOJ IS LOOKING
TO JAIL.
BIDEN'S TOP OPPONENT AND OF
COURSE DONALD TRUMP AND WHAT
THEY'RE DOING TO HIM IS MOST
PUBLIC ABUSE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE.
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
GABBARD FEELS IT GOES BEYOND
THE FORMER TO ORDINARY
AMERICANS.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE A DOJ
CRACKDOWN ON PRO-LIFE
PROTESTERS PARENTS AT SCHOOL
BOARD MEETINGS AND CHALLENGING
THE GOVERNMENT'S COVID
PROCEDURES.
WHY ARE THEY NOT WILLING TO
ALLOW FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR
DIFFERENT HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE
CHALLENGING THE GOVERNMENT ON
THIS THING?
THAT SPIRIT ALSO LED HER TO
CHALLENGE HER FORMER PARTY AND
THE DC ESTABLISHMENT ON THE
APPROACH TO FOREIGN.
YOU HAVE SAID YOU'RE NOT AN
ISOLATIONIST OR AN
INTERVENTIONIST.
YOU'RE.
THEIR EMOTIONAL KNEEJERK
REACTION IS LIKE WELL WE'VE
JUST GOT TO GO DROP SOME BOMBS
OR WE'VE GOT TO GO PUNISH THIS
BAD GUY OR WE'VE GOT GO AND
TOPPLE THIS DICTATOR OF THIS OF
THIS COUNTRY.
SO SHORT SIGHTED AND AS WE'VE
SEEN OVER THE LAST 20 PLUS
YEARS SO OFTEN OVER AND OVER
END UP PUTTING US IN A POSITION
WHERE IT HAS UNDERMINED OWN
NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS AND
COME AT THE COST OF COUNTLESS
LIVES AND AMERICAN TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE FUNDING
ISRAEL AND FUNDING UKRAINE?
LIKE HOW DO YOU SEE THAT
EXACTLY?
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
YES, THERE IS OF COURSE RADICAL
ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IS WHAT
ISRAEL IS ON THE FRONT LINES OF
EVERY DAY.
THERE IS A VERY REAL DIFFERENCE
WAS WRONG TO INVADE UKRAINE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT
IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORICAL
CONTEXT THAT WENT INTO THAT.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE
SHOULD HAVE HAD A PRESIDENT WHO
WOULD HAVE GONE IN VERY EARLY
AND A PEACEFUL END TO THAT WAR
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SAVE LIVES, SAVE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE WAR BETWEEN
ISRAEL, HAMAS AND IT IS A WAR
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, A
RADICAL ISLAMIST TERRORIST
GROUP, THIS IS JUST THE LATEST
FRONT OF THIS WAR THAT'S BEEN
WAGED FOR A VERY LONG TIME
BETWEEN RADICAL ISLAMIST
TERRORIST GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN
WAGING IT MILITARILY AND
IDEOLOGUES.
THIS IS IN OUR BEST INTERESTS
AS.
SHE WENT OFF THE ELITIST
RESERVATION SHE QUICKLY
ENCOUNTERED RESISTED IN 2019
HILLARY CLINTON SUGGESTED THE
RUSSIANS WERE HER TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
GABBARD SAYS PART OF THE
ELITIST PLAYBOOK IS SMEARING
FREETHINKERS.
WHEN THE HAWAII CONGRESSWOMAN
DID RUN THAT YEAR AND SCORED
SOLID DEBATE NIGHT, SHE FOUND
HER GOOGLE ADS ACCOUNT BEEN
MYSTERIOUSLY SUSPENDED.
IT IS NOT ONLY THE
DEMOCRATIC ELITE WHO ARE IN
POWER THE ELECTED LEADERS BUT
IT IS PARTNERS IN BIG TECH IN
COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE.
IT IS THEIR PARTNERS, THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA, THEIR AMASSED
POWERS AND THEIR IS ALL WORKING
TOWARDS ONE SPECIFIC PURPOSE
THEY WANT POWER.
FOR GABBARD THROUGH IT ALL
SHE RELIED ON HER HINDU FAITH.
MY DESIRE IS TO BE PLEASING
TO GOD FIRST AND FOREMOST.
HINDUISM AND CHRISTIANITY
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
THIS JUST IN A VERY
DIFFERENT ACTUALLY.
WELL THINK I'LL JUST POINT OUT
HINDUISM AS IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD
RELIGIONS.
OKAY?
IT'S FOR ME REALLY MORE ABOUT A
SPIRITUAL A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE.
SPEAKING OF GOD THE
DEMOCRATS AND GOD.
YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT IN
THIS BOOK YOU SAY THEY WALKED
AWAY FROM GOD.
THEY WALKED AWAY FROM OBJECTIVE
TRUTH.
TO MAKE THE CASE SHE TALKS
ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS BLURRING
THE LINES OF TWO GENDERS AND
SUPPORTING WHAT THEY LABEL
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE THEY
THEMSELVES REMOVING THESE
GUARDRAILS IN OUR SOCIETY THAT
THE TRUTH THEN BECOMES WHATEVER
THEY DEEM IT TO BE PUTTING
THEMSELVES IN THAT POSITION OF
TRYING TO BE IS IT A FORM OF
CHILD ABUSE?
HERE IT IS.
IT IS CLEARLY A FORM OF CHILD
ABUSE THEM TARGETING THE MOST
VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR
COUNTRY WHO DON'T HAVE THE
ABILITY TO AS AN ADULT DOES TO
MAKE CLEAR DECISIONS FOR
THEMSELVES.
HER MESSAGE PROCLAIMING COMMON
SENSE AND FREE THINKING WILL BE
ON DISPLAY DURING THIS 2024
CAMPAIGN SEASON.
COULD IT AS TRUMP'S V.P. HER
NAME IS OUT THERE FOR FOR ME BE
IN A POSITION NOW WHERE I CAN
REACH OUT TO AND CONNECT WITH
FOLKS WHO MAY NOT HAVE EVER
CONSIDERED VOTING FOR A
REPUBLICAN OR VOTING DONALD
TRUMP BEFORE.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO
REMIND PEOPLE OF OUR
RESPONSIBILITY CITIZENS TO PUT
OUR COUNTRY FIRST.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO TULSI
GABBARD, SHE'S SEEKING MAKE IT
LOUD AND CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT
PARTY FIRST.
IT'S AMERICA FIRST.
I WRAPPED IN THE SPIRIT OF
ALOHA AND FOLK.
THANK YOU.
ALOHA.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON WELL, THAT'S AN
INSIDE LOOK THAT YOU PROBABLY
WON'T SEE ANYWHERE ELSE.
TULSA'S MOTHER SHE CONVERTED TO
HINDUISM AND THEN RAISED TULSA
IN THAT FAITH.
TULSA ACTUALLY MEANS HOLY
BASIL.
SO AM I GOING TO AGREE WITH
HER ON HER APPROACH TO GOD OR
EVEN WHAT HER IDEAS ABOUT GOD
ARE?
THE ANSWER IS NO I'M NOT.
I'M A BUT I LOVE AMERICA AND IN
THERE IS NO RELIGIOUS TEST FOR
OFFICE.
I LOVE THAT.
I LOVE THAT IT'S A SECULAR
STATE THAT ALL PEOPLE FROM ALL
FAITHS COME TOGETHER AND WE
REPRESENTATIVES FOR US THAT SAY
HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO IF I
GET ELECTED.
HERE ARE THE POLICY THAT I'M
GOING TO IMPLEMENT AND THEN YOU
AND I GET TO DECIDE AND THAT'S
WHERE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES GET TO GOVERN OURSELVES
AND EVERYBODY GETS TO
PARTICIPATE.
I LOVE THAT AND WE SHOULD ALL
DEFEND THAT.
JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN AND TELL THEM THAT BOONE
SENT YOU WELL, RICHARD HAD BIG
ASPIRATIONS TO MAKE A LOT OF
MONEY LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY.
HE REALLY DIDN'T CARE.
THEN HE RIPPED OFF AND FLEW
INTO A RAGE.
HE BECAME OBSESSED FINDING THE
THIEF.
WELL, THAT'S WHEN HIS
GIRLFRIEND CONVINCED HIM TO ASK
A VOODOO PRIEST FOR HELP.
AND BEFORE LONG RICHARD
DEVELOPED A WHOLE NEW SET OF
ASPIRATIONS.
I STARTED GOING TO OTHER
WITCHES.
OTHER WARLOCKS AND IT WAS LIKE
A EVERY DAY THING.
I WAS TOLD BY THESE WHICH IS
THE WARLOCKS THAT I WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE ONE THAT ALL
THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I WAS
CALLED TO DO.
RICHARD LORENZO THOUGHT HE
HAD FINALLY FOUND PURPOSE IN
LIFE SOMETHING HE'D BEEN
SEARCHING FOR SINCE HE WAS A
YOUNG BOY.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS
LIFE?
WHY WHY DO WE LIVE TO DIE?
SO THAT WAS ALWAYS IN MY MIND
AND IT USED TO TORMENT ME A LOT
INITIALLY.
MAKING MONEY WAS RICHARD'S
GOAL WHAT HE COULD BUY AND WHO
GET INFLUENCE.
SOON HE WAS CHASING THE LIFE HE
SAW ON AND IN THE MOVIES
WANTING TO HAVE THE GIRLS
WANTING TO BE POPULAR.
WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE
CAR AND SEE THE THINGS AND YOU
KNOW HAVE THE THINGS THAT I SEE
IN MUSIC VIDEOS.
HE RARELY DID DRUGS YET
STARTED SELLING MARIJUANA IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
RICHARD ZONE IS THE EASIEST WAY
TO MAKE MONEY SO HE COULD
INVEST LEGITIMATE COMPANIES.
I HAD THIS DRIVE AGAIN TO
ALWAYS GET MONEY AND SITUATION
LEGAL OR ILLEGAL.
I TRY TO GET ON TOP TRY TO MAKE
IT TO I CAN START A BUSINESS OR
SOMETHING MAKE THE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND
AND MAKE IT.
I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH
AND NOT JUST BE ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE STATISTICS LOCKED UP IN
JAIL OR KILLED.
AFTER TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE
RICHARD DROPPED OUT AND JOINED
THE NAVY LOOKING FOR SOME
STABILITY.
WHAT HE FOUND WAS A NEW TO SELL
MARIJUANA.
BEFORE LONG HE WAS BUYING WEED
IN BULK AND SHIPPING IT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
SO IN MY MIND I THOUGHT OR
MONEY OR YOU KNOW, HAVING THE
FINANCIAL FREEDOM WOULD BRING
WOULD BRING THAT THAT
FULFILLMENT.
THEN IN 2018 A DRUG PACKAGE
WORTH $20,000 WENT MISSING.
ALTHOUGH IT WAS SMALL FRACTION
OF WHAT HE WAS MAKING, RICHARD
FLEW INTO A RAGE.
FOR SOME REASON I JUST TO
LET GO OF IT.
I FELT REJECTED LIKE I USED TO
FEEL WHEN I WAS YOUNGER WHEN I
HAD A FRIEND THAT STOLE FROM ME
OR WHEN I WAS BULLIED LIKE IT
WAS THAT FEELING OF REJECTION
THAT THAT DRIVE TO FIGURE IT
OUT.
SEEING RICHARD'S OBSESSION
WITH, FINDING THE THIEF HIS
GIRLFRIEND CARLEEN SUGGESTED
THEY VISIT UNCLE A HAITIAN
VOODOO PRIEST.
AFTER RICHARD'S DISCHARGE FROM
THE NAVY IN EARLY 2019, THE TWO
FLEW TO HAITI TO MEET THE
PRIEST.
WHEN I MET THE GUY.
I FELT IT.
YOU COULD FEEL LIKE A PRESENCE.
IT FELT EERIE.
YOU JUST YOU JUST YOU COULD
FEEL LIKE IT WAS IT WAS ALL HE
HAD TO DRINK ALCOHOL AND DO A
WHOLE RITUAL DANCE AND ALL THAT
STUFF TO SUMMON ANCESTRAL
SPIRIT AND THEN THE SPIRIT WILL
POSSESS AND BEGIN TO SPEAK AND
THEN YOU KNOW, THE SPIRITS ARE
SPEAKING ABOUT MY PAST AND THE
ONLY SPOKE IN CREOLE.
SO THEN THE GIRL I WAS WITH HAD
TO TRANSLATE AND THEN SHE WOULD
TELL ME THINGS LIKE HE SAID
THIS, HE SAID THIS AND IT WAS
SOME SPOT STUFF ABOUT MY PAST.
RICHARD NEVER GOT AN ANSWER
ABOUT THE MISSING DRUGS BUT HIS
CURIOSITY WAS PIQUED.
SO WHEN HE RETURNED HOME TO
CALIFORNIA, RICHARD DOVE INTO
WITCHCRAFT AND, FORGOT ALL
ABOUT HIS MISSING DRUGS.
I WOULD SEE DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT RITUALS THEY WOULD DO
IT WAS WEIRD.
IT WAS IT WAS I FELT
UNCOMFORTABLE.
IT DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AT
ALL.
IT WAS EXCITING.
IT WAS IT WAS EXCITING AND IT
WAS AGAIN IT WAS LIKE A
SATISFACTION TO THE FLESH.
I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE
PURPOSE OF LIFE.
I THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT BE
MARK MY CALLING.
THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO
DO.
YOU KNOW, WHOEVER GOD WAS.
A COUPLE OF MONTHS CARLENE GOT
PREGNANT AND THE TWO MOVED TO
FLORIDA TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY.
THAT'S WHEN RICHARD NOTICED
SOMETHING ODD.
CHRISTIAN STARTED SHOWING UP
IN HIS LIFE.
I M
HIS IS PAUL.
I WAS TELLING HIM ABOUT THE
VOODOO I WAS DOING.
HE LIKE I DON'T DO THAT.
I'M A CHRISTIAN.
HE STOOD FIRM ON THE GOSPEL.
HE DIDN'T WAVER.
RICHARD ALSO MET ANOTHER MAN
WHO INVITED HIM TO CHURCH AFTER
WEEKS.
RICHARD FINALLY RELENTED AND
WENT.
AS WAS WALKING IN, THE CHURCH
FELT AN OVERWHELMING FEELING OF
PEACE.
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS LIGHT
WHICH IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT WAS IN THOSE WITCHCRAFT
STORES.
I LOOKED TO THE STAGE THEY WERE
PRACTICING FOR WORSHIP AND I
SEE MY BARBER ON THE STAGE.
IT WAS LIKE THIS IS TOO
COINCIDENTAL.
IT JUST STARTED.
I STARTED FEELING LIKE LIKE MAN
THIS THIS MIGHT BE REAL.
THIS MIGHT BE REAL.
WHEN THEY UP FOR SERVICE THEY
STARTED PLAYING RECKLESS LOVE
HOW IT LEAVES THE NIGHT AFTER
FOR THE ONE THAT WAS THE FIRST
TIME I FELT THE PRESENCE OF
GOD.
I BEGAN TO CRY TO WEEP THE
PASTORS LAID HANDS ON ME,
PRAYED FOR ME AT THAT SERVICE
AND I STOOD IN BELIEF.
DESPITE HIS DOUBTS, RICHARD
BOUGHT A BIBLE AND STARTED
READING IT IN SEARCH OF THAT
PEACE HE HAD FELT.
THEN A MONTH LATER ALONE IN
HIS APARTMENT SOMETHING
CLICKED.
I PUT DOWN THE BIBLE AND IT
WAS THIS REALIZATION THAT HIT
ME.
IN MY MIND I JUST WAS LIKE IT'S
JESUS.
IT HAS TO BE THERE THAT I HIT
MY MIND AND MY HEART LIKE I
FELT LIKE THIS THIS THIS FAITH.
I FELT FAITH.
I WAS LIKE GOD, LIKE JESUS IS
LIKE HE REALLY IS THE ANSWER
HE'S THAT HE'S THE HE'S THE
WAY.
I FELL TO THE GROUND CRYING
PROFUSELY AND I JUST FELT LIKE
EVERYTHING SHIFTED.
EVERYTHING SHIFTED.
I JUST KNEW THAT IT WAS JESUS
CHRIST WHEN I ENCOUNTERED THAT
THAT LIGHT, THAT LOVE, THAT.
EVERYTHING SHIFTED LIKE THE
DESIRES OF MY HEART LITERALLY.
RICHARD THREW AWAY ALL HIS
WITCHCRAFT AND SURRENDERED HIS
LIFE TO GOD.
HE GOING TO CHURCH AND
SHARING HIS TESTIMONY WITH
EVERYONE AROUND HIM INCLUDING
CARLENE.
SHE BROKE DOWN CRYING, GAVE
LIFE TO CHRIST TOO.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE BOTH GOT
BAPTIZED TOGETHER.
WE WENT AND WE GOT MARRIED AT
THE COURTHOUSE ALONE ON OUR
LUNCH BREAK.
TODAY RICHARD IS A PASTOR AND
STREET EVANGELIST WHO WANTS
EVERYONE FIND THEIR PURPOSE IN
A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
.
THE WHOLE MEANING TO LIFE IS TO
LOVE AND SERVE BECAUSE WE'RE
HERE TEMPORARILY.
NOTHING THAT WE ATTAIN IN THIS
WORLD.
TRAVELING WOMAN CARS, CLOTHES
OUT OF SUCCESS MEANS ANYTHING
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ALL DIE
.
WE CAN'T TAKE IT WITH US.
DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN CULTURE
IN WORLD AND THE THINGS THAT
DON'T MATTER REALLY EMBRACE
QUESTION WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF
LIFE?
AND IT'LL LEAD YOU TO START
SEEKING YOU WILL FIND THAT IS
GRACE.
I'LL ASK THE SAME QUESTION
WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?
AND I'LL ADD TO SOME TO THAT
QUESTION TO MORE OTHERS.
WHERE DO YOU COME FROM AND
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE
ANSWERS TO THAT I KNOW SOMEONE
WHO CAN GIVE YOU THE ANSWER AND
NAME IS JESUS CHRIST.
HE WANTS TO MANIFEST HIMSELF IN
YOUR LIFE.
HE WANTS TO SHOW UP FOR YOU.
HE WANTS TO SAVE YOU.
THAT'S WHY HE CAME.
THAT'S WHY HE DIED ON A CROSS
AND THAT'S WHY HE ROSE AGAIN
FROM THE DEAD.
YOU ARE THE WHY HE DID ALL OF
THAT.
AND NOW YOUR QUESTION BACK IS
LORD, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO
DO?
THE SAME QUESTION THAT PAUL
ASKED JESUS WHEN JESUS SHOWED
UP FOR HIM WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
ME TO.
WHEN YOU GET THESE ANSWERS.
THEN EVERYTHING STARTS TO
REALLY MAKE SENSE AND YOU GO
OH, I COME GOD, I'M HERE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
AND THEN I WANT TO GO BACK YOU.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
I'M GOING BACK TO YOU WHEN YOU
HAVE THESE ENCOUNTERS WHERE YOU
UNDERSTAND AND HOW MUCH GOD
LOVES YOU YOU FEEL HIS PRESENCE
AND THEN YOU SURROUND THAT WITH
A KNOWLEDGE OF SCRIPTURE AND
WHAT SCRIPTURE SO CLEARLY
STATES.
THEN LIFE BECOMES WONDERFUL AND
BECOMES A GREAT ADVENTURE.
NOW FOR RICHARD MAYBE YOU'VE
TAKEN PATHS LIKE RICHARD TOOK
WHERE HE WANTED MONEY AND
PERCEIVED THAT MONEY WOULD
SOMEHOW GET HIM POWER.
THAT MONEY SOMEHOW OVERCOME THE
REJECTION HE HAD THE BULLYING
HE HAD ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT
HAPPENED TO HIM WHEN HE A CHILD
AND THAT LED HIM INTO SOME
STRANGE THINGS WHERE HE STARTED
DEALING DRUGS AND THEN HE
STARTED DABBLING IN THE OCCULT
AND THEN HE HAVING ENCOUNTERS
WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE DEMON
POSSESSED WHO TOLD HIM THINGS
ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD THE BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT THAT TOO.
IT'S CALLED A FAMILIAR SPIRIT
WHERE SPIRITS LITERALLY KNOW
BECAUSE BEEN AROUND THROUGH THE
GENERATIONS SO THEY KNOW WHERE
YOU COME FROM.
THEY KNOW WHAT YOU DO.
THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO WHEN
YOU WERE A CHILD.
DON'T BE FOOLED BY ANY OF
THAT BECAUSE NONE OF THAT LEADS
YOU TO THE ANSWER TO THOSE
THREE QUESTIONS.
WHERE DO I COME FROM?
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO AND
WHERE AM I NOW?
WHEN RICHARD FOUND THE ANSWER
AND IT TOOK HIM SOME TIME TO
FIND IT MAY TAKE YOU TIME BUT
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN FIND IT IN
THAT IN HIS QUEST GOD KEPT
SENDING WITNESSES TO HIM.
IT WAS UNUSUAL WITNESSES
EVERYONE FROM HIS BARBER TO
PEOPLE JUST OF RANDOMLY SHOWING
UP AND CROSSING HIS PATH AND
THAT'S SCRIPTURAL.
GOD WANTS TO SEND MESSENGERS
AFTER IS HIS OWN HEART AFTER
YOU AND RIGHT NOW YOU'RE
GETTING A MESSAGE.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT?
FOR RICHARD HE WENT CHURCH.
HE FELT THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN
WORSHIP.
IT OVERWHELMED HIM.
HE STARTED TO CRY.
THE PASTOR PRAYED FOR HIM AND
THEN HE WALKED BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE HAD JUST
ENCOUNTERED.
GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW AND HE
WANTS YOU TO KNOW HIM AND KNOW
HIM VERY CLEARLY.
FOR RICHARD, WHEN HE FINALLY
CAME TO THE REALIZATION OF WHAT
THAT WAS WHAT THAT ENCOUNTER
WAS BECAUSE WHO WAS THAT
ENCOUNTER WITH THAT JESUS IS
REAL.
AND HE WANTS TO SHOW UP AND HE
WANTS RENEW YOU I MEAN RICHARD
GOT REMADE WHAT USED TO DO WHAT
HE USED TO WHAT HE NO LONGER
DIED.
JESUS WILL DO THAT FOR YOU IF
YOU JUST CALL OUT TO HIM.
IT'S A VERY SIMPLE AND IT'S
WONDERFUL HOW JESUS MAKES IT SO
SIMPLE.
THE BIBLE SAYS ALL WHO CALL IN
THE NAME OF THE LORD BE SAVED.
SO IT'S REAL SIMPLE.
JESUS, ARE YOU THERE?
ARE REAL.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO FORGIVE
ME OF EVERYTHING EVER DONE FOR
YOU?
IS THAT TRUE.
DID YOU REALLY COME FOR ME?
AM I REALLY YOUR CHILD?
DO YOU REALLY WANT ME WITH YOU
FOR ALL ETERNITY?
IS ALL OF THAT TRUE?
WHEN YOU ASK THAT WITH ALL OF
YOUR HEART THIS IS SOMETHING
WHERE YOU'RE PLAYING A JOKE ON
GOD WHEN WHEN YOU ASK IT WHEN
YOU'RE ALL IN WITH THAT
QUESTION HE SHOW UP AND HE WILL
SHOW HIMSELF FOR YOU.
NOW IF YOU WANT THIS VALUE HEAD
WITH ME.
LET'S PRAY A VERY SIMPLE PRAYER
AND GOD WILL COME TO NOT SOME
FAR OFF TIME.
HE'LL DO IT RIGHT AND HE WILL
SHOW YOU HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU.
HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE WAS
WILLING TO DIE FOR YOU TO TAKE
PLACE TO PAY ALL THE PENALTY
FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE
WRONG.
HE WAS WILLING TO DO ALL OF
THAT SO THAT YOU COULD BE WITH
HIM IF.
YOU WANT THIS THAT YOU HAD WITH
ME?
LET'S PRAY AND JESUS WILL DO
ALL THE REST.
PRAY WITH ME NOW.
JESUS.
THAT'S RIGHT SAY HIS NAME.
SAY IT OUT LOUD.
ALL WHO CALL SAY IT OUT LOUD.
JESUS, LORD, I WANT TO KNOW
YOU.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE
REAL.
THAT YOU CAN REALLY TO ME THAT
YOU CAN REALLY MANIFEST YOUR
PRESENCE ME ALL AROUND ME.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT I TO
EXPERIENCE.
SO JESUS COME INTO MY HEART ME
OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE
EVER DONE WRONG FORGIVE ME
CHANGE ME MAKE ME NEW AGAIN
RESTORE TO ME ALL THE THINGS
THAT I HAVE LOST RESTORE
ESPECIALLY MY ABILITY TO SEE
YOU AND EXPERIENCE YOU.
I ASK THAT YOU WOULD DO THIS
NOW AND BE WITH ME NOW AND I
ASK IT IN JESUS NAME A MAN
FATHER FOR THOSE WHO JUST
PRAYED I ASK FOR A BAPTISM IN
YOUR LOVE I ASK THAT YOU FILL
THEM TO OVERFLOWING POUR YOUR
SPIRIT OUT OVER THEM LORD GOD
AND IF THERE'S ANY COVENANT
THEY'VE EVER MADE THAT IS
AGAINST YOU
JESUS NAME.
THE HAS NO MORE HOLD OVER THEM
THEY ARE FREE FOR THE SUN SETS
FREE IS FREE AND THEY DO IT NOW
LORD FOR WE ASK IT IN NAME A
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TEACHING ON.
WHAT ARE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE?
HOW DO I KNOW THAT MY SINS ARE
FORGIVEN?
WHAT DO I DO NOW AS A CHRISTIAN
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JOSEPH THAT STORY READS LIKE A
DICKENS.
HIS MOTHER ABANDONED HIM AFTER
HE WAS BORN AND HE HAD TO TOIL
IN THE FIELDS AS A YOUNG BOY.
VIOLENCE DROVE HIM FROM HIS
HOME AND INTO A CORRUPT
ORPHANAGE RUN BY SCAMMERS.
HIS STORY COULD HAVE ENDED
THERE BUT INSTEAD YOU CAME TO
HIS RESCUE.
20 TWO YEAR OLD JOSEPH
REGULARLY VISITS THE CHILDREN
OUR HOME CHILD CARE CENTER A
MINISTRY SUPPORTED BY ORPHANS
PROMISE.
THIS IS THE SAFE HARBOR FOR
ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN
TO GROW UP IN AND THRIVE.
BEFORE JOSEPH GRADUATED THIS
WAS HIS HOME.
OUR HOME HAS BEEN MY FAMILY,
MYSELF AND THE CHILDREN ARE
LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
BECAUSE WE EACH OTHER STORIES.
THEY KNOW ME MORE THAN ANY
OTHER PERSON KNOWS ME.
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
BEFORE HE CALLED THIS HOME
JOSEPH'S LIFE WAS FILLED WITH
INSTABILITY.
SO MY GRANDFATHER HAD 11
CHILDREN.
I WAS THE FIRST GRANDSON.
AFTER I WAS BORN I THINK MY MUM
JUST LEFT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED SO
MY GRANDFATHER TOOK ME AS HIS
SON.
YOU GET TO THAT POINT WHERE YOU
YOU BECOME LONELY AND HOPELESS
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY MEMORY
OF MY BIOLOGICAL FATHER.
SO I'M THE ONE WHO USED TO TAKE
CARE OF THE COWS AND, THE
GOATS.
SO DURING THE DAY YOU HAVE TO
BE IN THE FIELDS ALL DAY SO
THERE'S NO TIME FOR COMING BACK
TO TAKE LAND OR MAYBE TO GET
WATER.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE FOREST
AND THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF
TREES, THORNS AND BUSHES.
IT WAS VERY TOUGH.
I REALLY WOULDN'T WANT TO GO
THROUGH SUCH A LIFE.
EDUCATION WAS NEVER A
PRIORITY.
I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL EVERY
DAY.
MOST OF TIME I'M TAKING CARE OF
MY GRANDFATHER'S CATTLE.
I LOVED SCHOOL.
SO WHENEVER I WOULDN'T GO TO
SCHOOL I WAS LIKE I WISH I WISH
I WAS IN SCHOOL WITH MY
FRIENDS.
W
POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE BROKE
OUT WHERE HE LIVED SURROUNDED
BY VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION.
IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE FOR HIM
TO STAY WITH HIS GRANDFATHER.
HE WENT TO IN NAIROBI WITH
HIS ART BUT SHE EVENTUALLY LEFT
HIM AN ORPHANAGE.
WHAT MY AUNT TOLD ME IS I'M
TAKING YOU TO BOARDING ONLY TO
REALIZE LATER THAT IT WAS
ACTUALLY A CHILDREN'S HOME.
IS NOT A SCHOOL.
SHE LIED TO ME.
A DUSTING DEN WAS IT WAS VERY
HARD BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN
CALLED AN ORPHAN.
THE ORPHANAGE WAS RUN BY A
CORRUPT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
POCKETED DONATED MONEY INSTEAD
OF PROVIDING FOR THE.
SO HE STILL DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL
REGULARLY.
THIS WENT ON FOR YEARS.
THEN ONE DAY GOT INTERVENED
ALLOWING OUR HOME TO STEP AND
TAKE OVER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME JOSEPH FAT
WAS ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL
CONSISTENTLY AND HAVE A SAFE
LOVING HOME WHERE HE COULD
THRIVE.
MY LIFE CHANGED NOW
COMPLETELY.
YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR MY
EDUCATION, MY FOOD FOR
EVERYTHING THAT I NEEDED WHEN I
NEEDED IT.
THIS USED TO BE MY BED.
THIS IS WHERE I USED TO SLEEP
AND MY VERY FIRST IMPRESSION
WHEN I CAME TO THIS HOUSE I HAD
NEVER LIVED IN SUCH A SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL ROOM, NEVER SEEN A
DUVET BEFORE THEN.
THIS WAS MY DREAM BED.
MY DREAM ROOM AS A CHILD.
DURING THIS TIME JOSEPH
LEARNED ABOUT GOD.
MY TURNING POINT IN LIFE CAME
WHEN I GAVE MY LIFE TO JESUS.
THAT'S WHEN I EXPERIENCED THE
LOVE OF GOD FOR THE FIRST TIME
LIKE THE TRUE LOVE OF GOD AND A
LOT OF JOY.
THEY MEAN ATTRIBUTE I WOULD
GIVE TO GOD IS LIKE HE'S HE'S
MY REAL FATHER.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR
ME.
WITH THE HELP OF ORPHANS
PROMISE JOSEPH HART RECENTLY
GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS.
NOW HE'S WORKING AT A STARTUP A
PROJECT MANAGER NET OF FUNDS
PROMISED GIVE ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DREAM BIG.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO GOD SINCE I
MOVED I WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE
SURE THAT I SEE THE CHILDREN
EVERY WEEK.
I SHARE A LOT OF MY EXPERIENCES
WITH THEM SO THEY HAVE THAT
CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN COME
TO ME AND I DO MY BEST TO
ENCOURAGE THEM AND I BELIEVE
GOD IS THE ONE WHO HAS GIVEN ME
THAT CAPACITY TO BE A SAFE
HARBOR FOR SOMEONE I REALLY
TREASURE THEM MUCH.
YES TO EVERY OFFENSIVE FOR IS
DOING THAT I'M SO THANKFUL
BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN ME A
FAMILY YOU'VE ALSO GIVEN ME A
HOME FOR SO MANY OF ME.
GOOD.
REALLY REALLY BLESS YOU AND
INCREASE AND THE LOVE THAT
YOU'VE BEEN SENDING.
I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.
IT'S SO EASY FOR CHILDREN TO
BE VICTIMS LIFE GONE WRONG.
PARENTS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO TAKE
CARE OF THEM OR EXCUSE ME FOR
WHATEVER REASON LEAVE KNOW
SOMETIMES IT'S BEING IN A
SCENARIO LIKE LIKE JOSEPH THAT
WAS IN AND THAT ORPHANAGE WHERE
THERE WAS CORRUPTION BUT THEN
BUT THEN BECAUSE OF YOUR
KINDNESS, BECAUSE OF YOUR
COMPASSION AND YOUR GENEROSITY.
GOD STEPS RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE
OF AND WHAT WAS MEANT FOR EVIL
IS USED FOR GOOD SHOWS THE FACT
HAS PURPOSE HE HAS MEANING IN
HIS LIFE.
GOD HIS FATHER AND NOW HE COMES
FULL CIRCLE BACK TO THE VERY
WHERE YOUR KINDNESS MADE THAT
POSSIBLE AND HE BECOMES A
CONDUIT OF GOD'S LOVE FOR OTHER
CHILDREN.
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LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE JOSEPH
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WELL, WE LOVE HEARING FROM
YOU AND WE HAVE SOME E-MAIL
QUESTIONS WE'D LIKE TO SHARE
WITH YOU TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE COMES FROM A
WOMAN NAMED MARISOL AND HER
QUESTION GORDON IS IS A I
SATANIC EVER FELT?
NO, IT'S NOT AS A SERIES OF
ALGORITHMS SO IT'S A
MATHEMATICAL EQUATION AND IN NO
THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING
SPIRITUAL ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT
HAS NO SPIRITUAL SPIRIT.
IT'S ELECTRONS MOVING THROUGH
SILICON WAFERS SO THE PROBLEM
WITH AI IS THAT IT'S IT'S MADE
OUR IMAGE AND THAT'S A BIG
PROBLEM.
YOU AND I ARE MADE IN GOD'S
IMAGE AND HE'S GIVEN US THE
ABILITY TO CHOOSE TO DO GOOD OR
THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE TO DO
EVIL AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
ALL TOO OFTEN WE CHOOSE DO
EVIL.
SO AI IS LOOKING AT
INFORMATION AND THAT
INFORMATION IS ALL ON THE WORLD
WIDE WEB AND IF YOU'VE EVEN
DONE ANY CASUAL WEB SEARCHES,
YOU KNOW THERE'S A OF BAD
THINGS OUT THERE.
AND SO IF I WAS LOOKING AT ALL
OF THAT IT'S GOING TO START
MIRRORING THAT AND IT WILL
NECESSARILY PICK UP SOME THINGS
ALONG THE WAY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN
TRAIN AND I AND THE WAY TO GO
AND YOU CAN LIMIT WHAT IT LOOKS
AT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL
FOR REALLY GOOD THINGS TO
HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S
SOME POTENTIAL FOR SOME REALLY
BAD THINGS TO HAPPEN BUT IT'S
NOT IT'S NOT SO TALENT.
THIS IS BONNIE GORDON SAYS
WHICH BIBLE VERSION WOULD YOU
RECOMMEND FOR CHILDREN AGES 8
TO 10?
WE IS THE NEW LIVING
TRANSLATION A LOT OF SUPER BOOK
WHICH IS THAT AGE GROUP IT'S 6
TO 12 SO 8 TO 10 IS RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT.
THERE'S ALSO A CONTEMPORARY
ENGLISH VERSION ENGLISH
STANDARD VERSION THOSE THOSE
ARE ALL EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.
MY FAVORITE VERSION IS THE NEW
KING JAMES BUT FOR A CHILD NEW
LIVING IS A REALLY GOOD
VERSION.
THIS IS BERTIE SAYS ARE
WOMEN ALLOWED TO BE BISHOPS OR
APOSTLES OR CAN ONLY MEN BE
BISHOPS OR APOSTLES?
OH OKAY.
YOU WANT TO WANT TO GET ME IN
TROUBLE?
LET'S LOOK AT SCRIPTURE AND
HERE IS A SCRIPTURE.
ROMANS CHAPTER 16 VERSE SEVEN
SO THIS IS WHAT THE APOSTLE
PAUL WROTE GREAT ANDRONICUS AND
JUNIOR MY COUNTRYMEN AND MY
FELLOW PRISONERS WHO ARE OF
NOTE AMONG THE APOSTLE WHO ALSO
WERE IN CHRIST BEFORE ME.
SO HERE YOU HAVE IN BIBLE
JUNIOR IS AN APOSTLE SO I LIKE
TO POINT TO JUNIOR TO SAY WELL
IF THE APOSTLE PAUL RECOGNIZED
THAT JUNIOR WAS AN PERHAPS WE
SHOULD DO ALSO WELL HERE'S A
WORD FROM PSALMS TEACH US TO
NUMBER OUR DAYS THAT WE GAIN A
HEART OF WISDOM DO THAT TODAY
THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING